diff --git a/tests/example/test_notebook_examples.py b/tests/example/test_notebook_examples.py
index 0b3c15117..c984caed3 100644
--- a/tests/example/test_notebook_examples.py
+++ b/tests/example/test_notebook_examples.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 EXAMPLE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent / "example"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail
 @pytest.mark.slow
+@pytest.mark.skip("nbconvert stack has problems, see https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/issues/637")
 def test_jupyter_example():
     """ Test for climate_observations jupyter notebook """
     fixture = NBRegressionFixture(